In making their second run at the SCC, the team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has a couple of obstacles to overcome. The first was choosing a name. “In terms of punnies, we have to live up to our university’s previous team called TUMuchPhun. In order to beat this we had to surpass […]
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#SC16 #SCC: Welcome Back – National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Representing National Tsing Hua University from Taiwan is Team PPAP, which stands for Password Paraview and Parconnect. And since there is a popular song also titled PPAP, they have a ready-made theme song. Not only do they like to listen to the song, the team also sings it while they are working and for good […]
#SCC #SC16: San Diego State to Make 1st Appearance at Student Cluster Competition
For its first foray into the Student Cluster Competition, San Diego State University is sending the Bit Benders. “Because most of us are fans of Futurama, bit shifting is so last century, and we make the bits on our cluster bend to our own will.” Which of course led to them choosing the Futurama theme […]
#SCC #SC16: Meet Columbia’s Team EAFIT
When Team EAFIT boards their first flight en route to Salt Lake City at 1 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11 (after driving an hour to the airport), they will not only have several members from last year’s team, but they will also be bringing insight gleaned from members of Universidad EAFIT’s first foray in the Student […]
#SCC #SC16 #Huazhong: Meet Team Heptagon from Huazhong University in China
Team Heptagon from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China is making their second appearance in the SCC. The team name represents the seven members who together form a whole unit. Team Heptagon is banking on the experience of current and past members in student cluster competitions at SC, ISC, ASC in China and […]
#SCC #UniversityofUtah #SC16: Meet Utah’s Team “SupercompUtes”
The University of Utah is fielding a team for the first time and expect to have a couple of home-field advantages. First, their “secret sauce” is Utah fry sauce, a mix of mayonnaise, ketchup and seasonings. Second, they say “But our real edge is that we trained at this altitude!” They are also guaranteed to […]
#SCC #SC16 #UofI #University of Illinois – Meet the SCC Team from University of Illinois
The SC16 SCC will be the first competition entered by a team from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). As such, they are representing UIUC under the simple banner of the University of Illinois team. “Nothing special just representing our university.” For their competitive edge, team members cite “Solid vendor support, top-class faculty advisors, and […]
#SCC #Peking #SC16: Meet Team POWERFUL from Peking University, China
The team from Peking University is looking to make a powerful impression in their first run at the SCC. In fact, they are competing as Team POWERFUL. “We hope our powerful POWER machines may bring us the best performance in the competition.” They are also bringing a powerful secret sauce with them: “We are probably […]
#Singapore#Nanyang#SCC: Student Cluster Competition Team Enigma from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Competing for the first time at the SC SCC will be Team Enigma from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. They chose their name because it encompasses the meaning of mystery as well as represents one of the biggest game changers in the development of computing – the drive by English researchers led by Alan Turing […]
#Germany#SC16#SCC: Student Cluster Competition Team Focus – Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
When asked to provide an interesting fact about their group, Team SegFAUlt from Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany was tempted to write a funny story, but then remembered, “We’re German – we are efficient and have no sense of humor! ;).” For the university’s third time in the SCC, they wanted to come up with a […]
